Piping attachment for sewing machines



June 25, 1935. A. JEKULAlTIS PIPING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES lllllll illllllllll lllllllllllllllllllll INVENTOR 37026011 Jku Za dis Filed Jan. 2, 1935 wxmssss ORNEY Patented June 25,

UNITED"STATES1 QFFICE, -P1PING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING 1 1 .-MACHINES Adam Jekulaitis, nibklyitnfiy.

Application-January 2, 1935, Serial Nd. 126 i This invention relates to attachments for-sewlow for adjustments which will beex'plained later i ing machines, and more particularly to attach- Adjustably 'attachedto-the'plate H is folder ments for use in piping and similar arts. At the sleeve 20 which is held in place by the screws- H- present time the piping of dresses and other garthroughthe slot22. These screws may be loosened ments, where the piping is made without the use and the folder sleeve 20 brought forward or black-f 5 of a cord, is mostly done by hand. This increases ward to fitthe particularmacln'ne upon which "it the cost of production and in a great many inis used. --A1so-a'ttached tothe plate II is "a guide stances more time is consumed in the piping of a member 23 which is held in place by two screws garment than in the actual manufacture thereof. 24 through the slots 25.- This guide member 23 An object of this invention is to provide a demay be moved laterally to vary the size of the 10 vice which will enable the operator to pipe a garpiping. The guide member 23 is in turn provided ment or other object on a machine. witha shoulder 26. i

Another object of the invention is to provide a Passing through the sleeve I9 is anoperating device which will produce a more uniform and lever or arm 21. This arm may be positioned more satisfactory piping and which will improve in the sleeve by the use of the thumb screw 23 15 the appearance of the finished garment. which tightens the sleeve to hold the operating A further object is to provide a device which is arm in place. The operating arm 21 is provided adaptable to every type of machine and which with a folder arm 29 and a seam presser 30. In may be adjusted to fit machines of varying size. the operation of the device it is first set in place A still further object is to provide a device, upon the machine. The thumb screw 28 is then so simple of operation and economical of construcloosened and the arm 21 is pulled back to the tion, which may be adjusted not only to fit difend of the slot 3!. The operating arm 21 and ferent types of machines but to produce different the sleeve I9 may then be pivoted on the rod I8 sizes of piping. and raised in order to permit insertion of the 25 With these and other objects in view it will be cloth into the folder sleeve. 25 apparent, with reference to the following specifi- In the piping of the garment or cloth a double cation when read in connection with the drawstrip 32 is first stitched to the cloth 33 through ing illustrating the preferred embodiment of my the seam 34 with the raw edges of the double invention, that strip and of the cloth together, as shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of my device shown at- The folded edges of the piping cloth 32 are then 30 tached to the bed of amachine; folded over, as shown in Fig. '7. The piece is Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of then inverted, as shown in Fig. 8, and is ready- Fig. 1; for insertion into the machine. The arm 29 is Fig. 3 is a side View on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; pulled back and raised, as shown in Fig. 5, and 35 Fig. 4 is a rear view on the line 4-4 of Fig. l, the cloth placed in the folder sleeve 20 with the with immaterial parts omitted for the purpose of seams flat, as shown in Fig. 8. The arm 21 is clarity; then lowered and the folder arm 29 is then Fig. 5 is a side view showing the device prepushed forward into the folder sleeve 2!! with pared to receive the garment or the cloth; and the folded edge of the cloth 35 and the raw edges Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9 are illustrations of the cloth 36 around the arm. The fold 3'! contacts the 0 and the various steps in preparation. shoulder 26 of the guide member 23 and holds I provide a plate member II which may be atit in place, as shown in Fig. 2. When the oper tached to the bed of the machine [2 by an ordiating arm 21 is pushed forward to the required nary thumb screw l3 through the slot M. It will distance, it is locked in place by tightening the be seen that the device is movable laterally by screw 28. The seam presser 36 hasa pointed 45 sliding the slot 14 along the thumb screw l3 and portion or other indication 38 to indicate to the may be thus positioned. Attached to the plate is p ator where the seam should be held. The a set screw l5 which abuts the presser foot of the machine is then started and the cloth P d machine l6. By the adjustment of th screw l5 through the folder sleeve 20 around the folder and the screw l3 the device may be set to fit any arm 9 and is Stitched in place y the '39 50 size or type of machine. Aportion I! of the plate of the machine, and the P p as ow i II is depressed, and pivoted thereabove 0n the F g. results. bar I8 is the sleeve l9 which passes over the de- It will be noted that the folder sleeve 20 and pressed portion H. The depressed portion I1 is the folder arm 26 taper toward their forward slightly Wider than the sleeve l9 in order to alends. This causes the cloth to press against the 55 shoulder 26 of the guide member 23 and to roll tightly into place. By loosening the screws 24 and moving the guide member laterally, the size of the piping may be varied. As previously stated, the depressed portion I1 is slightly wider than the sleeve I9 and the operating arm or lever 21 in its sleeve I9 is free to move'laterally and thus permit the folder arm to move into proper position with relation to the guide member 23 and the shoulder 26 thereof. It'wll be noied that theshoulder 26' of the guide member 23 slopes from its center toward both ends. This is to allow the cloth to move smoothly through the sleeve and under the needle; 1

I claim:

1. A piping attachment for sewing, machines comprising a plate, means for attaching'the'plate to a sewing machine, a. folder sleeve eennoctai to said plate, a lever pivoted to said plate, and a folder arm on said lever adapted to-cooperate with the folder sleeve on the plate and the aew ingmachine to pipe-clothfedthrough said iolehr. sleeve; l a

2..,A piping. attachment'for sewing-,;maohinea comprising a plate, means fon positiomng said plate on the machine, a. folder sleeve on said plate and. means for positioning said folder sleeve,

a guide member adj'ustably positioned on said plate and a sleeve pivoted to said plate, means on said sleeve for positioning a lever carried thereby, and a folder arm on said lever adapted to cooperate with the guide member, folder sleeve, and the sewing, machine to pipe material fed through said folder sleeve.

3. A device for piping cloth comprising a folder sleeve, a folder arm operatively connected thereto, a scam pressor on said folder arm, and a guide member adapted to cooperate with the folder 1 sleeve and folder arm to position the cloth for P p D 'D combination with a sewing machine of a; device for piping cloth comprising a plate, means for positioning the plate on said machine, a folder sleeve positioned on said plate, means for theposition thereof, a guide member on said plate and means for positioning said guide member with relation to the folder sleeve,

and. a folder arm operatively connected'to said plateand adapted to cooperate with; the guide: member and the folder sleeve to position" mate-- rial fed through the sleeveto. the sewing machine for piping purposes.

' ADAM JEKULAITIS. 

